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(No Modem" C. D. HASKINS.

ELBGTRIG GAS LIGHTER.

Patented Jan. 3, 7882.

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l UNITED STATES Y PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES D. HASKINS, OF NEW` YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE UNION ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ELECTRIC GAS-LIGHTER.

SPECIIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,777,- dated January 3, 1882. l

Application tiled May 31, 1881. (No model.) l

To all whom @t may concern :v

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. HAsKINs, of the city, county, and State of New York, have discovered certain newand useful Improvements in Electric Gas-Lighters, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specitication.

My invention relates to that class of electiic gaslighters in which the electric spark is formed just after the valve in the burner is opened, so that the gas as it begins to escape will be ignited by the spark. The spark is formed hy breakingI contact between the points of two wires or electrodes near the tip.,

Prior to my invention the pawl and ratchet were kept in position by means of a pawlspring.

My invention consists in pivoting the pawl directly to the armand adjusting the pendant to the outer side of the pawl. so that the weight ofthe pawl and pendant will holdithe pawlin engagement with the ratchet-wheel, and in the specic mechanism hereinafter more particularly described and shown. v

1n the drawings, Figure l is aside elevation ot' a pendent electric gas-lighter embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a rear -view thereof, inwhich certain parts are shown in section.

, the stop, so attached to the a is the pillar, which is of the ordinary forni'. b is the ratchet-wheel and valve. Openings c are provided in the valve, so that the gas may be turned on and on" alternately as the pendant is pulled down. ,y

d is the contact-lever, provided with three lugs, to one of which the pawlcis pivoted, the other two lugs serving to limit the motion ofthe contactlever as they are brought against pillar as to come between them. Y l

f is the pendant, attached to the eyelet provided upon the outer portion of the pawl and below the point where the pawl is pivoted with the contact-arm. y

rg is a metallic ring, insulated by asbestus paper h.

t' is the contact-point attached to the insulated ring, and lc is the contact-point which iscarried by the contact-arm.

l is a coil-spring, which holds the contactlever d normally in the position shown. The battery is so connected that when the points z' 7c are in contact the circuit is closed, anden breaking the con tact between these two points the circuit is opened. The contact-lever and valve are operated when the pendant is pulled down. The contact-points are thus brought together, and the circuit held closed nntlthe wire k slips by wire t', and then the contact is broken, and the spark formed just as the gas. which has been turned on by the opening of the valve, begins to escape. The springI l carries the contact-lever back to its normal position when the pendant is released, and thus a -second contact is made and broken. This produces a second spark, which is of advantage incase the first spark` should not ignite the gas. The next time the pendant is pulled down the gas is turned olI" and the light extinguished. Thus the; gas is lighted and extinguished simply by pulling down the pendant.

My electric gas-lighteras thus describe-d con- 'tains fewer parts and less complicated vmechanism than any heretofore usedthat I have seen, while its operation is more simple and satisfactory than that of those containing more complicated mechanism.

I claim- 1. In an electric gas-lighter, the combination of the pawl e, pivoted to the contact-lever d, with pendantf, attached to the outer portion of said pawl, whereby the weight of said pawl and pendant hold the pawl in engagement with the ratchet, substantially as. shown and described.

2. The combination, in an electric gas-lighter, of pillar a, ratchet and valve b, provided with openings c, contact-arm d, provided with three lugs, pawl e, pivoted to oneof the lugs, pendant f, attached to the outer portion of the pawl and` below the pivotal point, contact-pointsz' k, spring l, and the stop attached to the pillar, substantially as and for the ,purpose specified.

` cHAs. D.. Haskins.

Witnesses GEORGE P. BARTON, FRANoIs- R. WELLES. 

